Mùchuān

Muchuan lies in the wooded hills of southern Sichuan, between the Min and Jinsha river valleys. It was governed by a hereditary Yi chieftaincy under Mahu. In 1371 the local leader Yue Dezhong submitted to the Ming and was recognised as chief of Muchuan, an office his descendants inherited. The chiefdom continued under the Qing, when it was placed under Xuzhou prefecture in 1727.